Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang really wanted to buy the porcelain vase, not only was the street vendor surprised, Liu Juyi felt even more incredulous.

If spending three thousand yuan on clothes was acceptable to her, spending thirty thousand yuan on a broken vase was something she couldn't accept no matter what. She immediately pulled Wang Xiaoqiang's arm and said, "Little Qiang, what are you doing? What do you want this porcelain vase for?"

Wang Xiaoqiang said, "Can't I use it to nourish flowers?"

"What?" Liu Juyi's beautiful, large eyes rounded in shock, "You're going to plant flowers in it? Little Qiang, have you gone mad!?"

Just then, the old man with a sun hat stroked his white beard and smiled at Wang Xiaoqiang, "Young man, can I ask you a favor? How about you let me have this vase? It just so happens to be identical to the one I have at home... I've been wanting to make a pair. Please be kind enough to let me have it!"

Wang Xiaoqiang, seeing the old man wanting to vie for the vase, felt anxious. Suddenly, he came up with an idea and flipped the bottom of the vase up towards the old man, "Old man, this vase has a crack in it... "

The old man hadn't seen the bottom of the vase before, and now seeing a large crack there, he immediately looked disappointed and sighed, shaking his head, "Ah, what a pity."

After speaking, the old man did not bring up the matter of buying the vase again and didn't stay any longer, wandering off disheartened to another stall.

The street vendor, realizing that the connoisseur was no longer interested, grabbed Wang Xiaoqiang, "Young man, now that no one's competing with you, take it, right?"

Wang Xiaoqiang, seeing the vendor was very eager to sell, immediately acted disinterested, inspecting the crack at the bottom and shook his head, "Ah, this crack is quite big..."

Hearing this, the vendor got a bit anxious too and offered, "Young man, if you really want to buy it, we can discuss the price again..."

The vase had been on display for half a year now, and any expert who saw the crack at the bottom, no matter how much the vendor reduced the price, would not buy it, while those who were laymen would naturally not be willing to spend so much money on a broken vase. Consequently, the vase remained an unwanted item.

Now that the vendor had finally found someone who was neither an expert nor hesitant to buy, he was obviously not willing to let the opportunity slip away.

"Fixed price, twenty thousand. If you're willing to sell, I'll get the money right now," Wang Xiaoqiang said very straightforwardly.

"Little Qiang, we don't need that vase, come with me..." Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang naming his price to buy, Liu Juyi was so anxious that she broke out in a sweat, pulled on his arm, and tried to drag him away.

Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang slash ten thousand yuan off the price in an instant, the vendor had wanted to increase it to twenty-five thousand, but seeing Liu Juyi trying to pull Wang Xiaoqiang away, and fearing that the deal he had almost clinched would slip away again, he immediately slapped the counter and said, "Brother, you really are straightforward. Deal!"

"Wang Xiaoqiang, what are you doing!" Liu Juyi let go of Wang Xiaoqiang's arm, stamping her foot in frustration.

Wang Xiaoqiang leaned in and whispered something in her ear. After listening, Liu Juyi fell silent.

Then, Wang Xiaoqiang turned to the street vendor and said, "Alright, I'll go get the money now. You keep the vase for me!"

"Brother, don't you worry about it. We in the business have our rules; now the vase is yours. Even if someone offers a hundred thousand, I wouldn't sell it," the vendor deliberately placed the vase in front of his feet and assured with a pat on his chest.

And in fact, he wanted to sell the vase and wouldn't be able to do it right away.

Liu Juyi leaned close to Wang Xiaoqiang and asked, "Little Qiang, are you really confident about fixing that vase's crack?"

Wang Xiaoqiang brought his mouth to Liu Juyi's ear and said, "I wouldn't do this if I weren't completely sure. Trust me, we can flip it for a hundred thousand."

While saying this, Wang Xiaoqiang glanced unconsciously at the old man with the sun hat, noticing that the man had entered an antique shop and had taken a seat inside, seemingly very familiar with the shop owner.

Relieved, Wang Xiaoqiang hurriedly took Liu Juyi out of the Antique Market, scanning the street and spotting an Industrial and Commercial Bank ATM only about thirty meters away from them. He walked straight towards it.

Liu Juyi saw Wang Xiaoqiang heading towards the ICBC to withdraw money and pulled at him, reminding, "Little Qiang, there's a fee for inter-bank withdrawals."

"To make big money, you can't worry about those little expenses."

Wang Xiaoqiang answered and, without delay, took out twenty thousand yuan from the ATM, then hurried back to the Antique Market with Liu Juyi.

After they left, the street vendor was somewhat worried that Wang Xiaoqiang wouldn't return.

However, seeing that in less than five minutes, Wang Xiaoqiang and Liu Juyi returned to the stall, the vendor immediately held up the vase with both hands and presented it to Wang Xiaoqiang with a joyful face, "Young brother really keeps his word. The vase is yours!"

Taking the vase, Wang Xiaoqiang turned it over to inspect it carefully and, seeing that it was the same one, handed it to Liu Juyi and then took out the twenty thousand yuan to hand to the vendor, "Pleasure doing business with you, hope we have the chance to do it again."

The vendor happily received the money and quickly pulled out a business card, handing it to Wang Xiaoqiang, "Brother, my number's on there. If you want to buy antiques in the future, come find me..."

Wang Xiaoqiang took the card, looked at it seriously for a moment, and then tucked it into his pocket, "Hmm, if there are good vases, or broken ones, keep them for me."

The boss showed a curious smile upon hearing this... He wants the broken bottle too? Could it be that this guy has a thing for damaged goods, or maybe he admires the beauty of Venus?

Before the boss could figure this out, Wang Xiaoqiang had already taken the bottle from Liu Juyi's hands and went in search of that old man wearing the sun hat.

It didn't take much effort for Wang Xiaoqiang to find the elderly man, for he was still sitting in the same antique shop, drinking tea and chatting with the shop owner.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoqiang was thrilled. He asked Liu Juyi to keep an eye on the old man while he found a secluded corner to squat down and use Earth Element Spiritual Qi to completely fix the crack at the bottom of the bottle.

Looking at the now flawless bottle, Wang Xiaoqiang felt a surge of joy. He returned to where they were standing, to find Liu Juyi informing him that the old man had already come out of the antique shop.

Wang Xiaoqiang looked up and saw the elderly man leaving the store empty-handed, heading towards the exit of the Antique Market.

Wang Xiaoqiang immediately chased after him with Liu Juyi. At the exit of the Antique Market, Wang Xiaoqiang caught up with the old man. Instead of calling out to him, he simply held the porcelain bottle and deliberately walked past the old man.

The elderly man still remembered Wang Xiaoqiang, and seeing him holding a porcelain bottle, his eyes brightened and he said, "Hey, lad, did you really buy that bottle?"

Wang Xiaoqiang turned around feigning surprise and raised the bottle in his hand to the old man, "Yes, I bought it, but it's not that broken one, this one is intact."

"Intact?!" The elderly man's eyes, fixed on the bottle, lit up even more. He stepped forward and pointed at the bottle in Wang Xiaoqiang's hand, "Young man, may I have a look?"

"No problem, you can help me appraise it. I spent 120,000 on this bottle!"

The old man gave a wry smile, clearly not quite believing that Wang Xiaoqiang would spend 120,000 on a bottle. However, after examining the bottle closely, the old man was both surprised and astonished because he found the bottle was not a fake but a product of an Official Kiln from the Kangxi and Qianlong era.

The old man, having collected for most of his life, had long developed Fiery Eyes, especially since he had recently spent 120,000 at an auction for one identical to this.

The old man might not believe Wang Xiaoqiang's words, but he could not deny that the bottle was genuine.

"So, is it real?" Wang Xiaoqiang asked.

"It's authentic," the old man looked up at Wang Xiaoqiang with a mixture of awe and suspicion, "Where did you buy it from? Can you tell me?"

Wang Xiaoqiang earnestly responded, "Honestly, it's the only one in the entire market. If you don't believe me, go and check for yourself..."

After Wang Xiaoqiang finished speaking, he stretched out his hands to take the bottle back from the old man.

Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang wanting to retrieve the bottle, a reluctant look spread across the old man's face, as if it wasn't a bottle but his own grandson.

"Old man, do you like this bottle?" Wang Xiaoqiang asked knowingly.

"Yes, I have one at home, and this bottle would make a perfect pair with that one..." The old man had said this once before, and as he repeated it, his face was filled with hope.

"Well, old man, if you really like it, I'll let you have it," Wang Xiaoqiang said, showing a hint of reluctance.

"Ah, young man, you... you really would give it to me!" The old man's fingers trembled slightly in his excitement.

"Old man, don't get too excited, it's not good for your heart." Wang Xiaoqiang saw the old man's shaking hands and was afraid he might accidentally break the porcelain bottle.

"You're right, to tell you the truth, I do have a heart condition; I even have a stent fitted..."

"Well, then you really can't get too excited," Wang Xiaoqiang advised. "Don't worry, a man's word is his bond. I will certainly let you have this bottle."

The old man indeed had a heart condition and had undergone a heart bypass operation. He dared not get too excited, but upon hearing Wang Xiaoqiang's words, he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement. Once he managed to calm himself down, he immediately responded cheerfully, "Alright then, you bought it for 120,000, I'll give you 125,000 for it, how about that?"

However, Wang Xiaoqiang waved his hand and replied, "Old man, I'm not a businessman, what's the point of making money off you? I just want to recoup my costs, that's all..."

Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang refuse to make a profit off of him, the old man felt both surprised and delighted, thinking to himself how rare it was to see such an honest young man. He stared intently at Wang Xiaoqiang and said, "You're a good lad. I'll make sure we're friends from now on.

Let's settle on that, but I don't have enough money on me, so I'll need to trouble you to come back to my house with me."

"That's no problem," Wang Xiaoqiang said with a smile. He was happy to see 100,000 coming his way. At that moment, he turned to glance at Liu Juyi who had been standing quietly behind him and noticed that she too seemed excited and thrilled.

When Wang Xiaoqiang turned his head towards her, Liu Juyi couldn't help but take hold of Wang Xiaoqiang's hand, her excitement palpable at the prospect of him making another 100,000 so easily.

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